During a freewheeling Cabinet meeting Wednesday, President Donald Trump discussed a wide range of different topics.

He hit everything from why Mattis left to why the Soviet Union collapsed, adding, in most cases, his own very special touch to each subject.

Here are some of the more interesting quotes from the meeting.

Providing further proof that we're all dead and this is hell, President Donald Trump spoke about a variety of national security issues during Wednesday's televised cabinet briefing, during which his one-liners came fast and furiously.

For your reading pleasure, below are the top five hot takes from Trump's legendary diatribe:

1. The real reason Mattis left

"I gave our generals all the money they wanted. They didn't do such a great job in Afghanistan. They've been fighting in Afghanistan for 19 years.

"General Mattis thanked me profusely for getting him $700 billion. He couldn't believe it. General Mattis thanked me even more the following year when I got him $716 billion. He couldn't believe it. Because our military was depleted. "Now we're rebuilding our military and we're getting -- in fact, Pat was very responsible for a lot of the orders for the new F-35 fighter jets and F-18s, and all of the things we're doing, including ships and missiles and everything.

"But General Mattis was so thrilled. Well, what's he done for me? How has he done in Afghanistan? Not too good. Not too good. I'm not happy with what he's done in Afghanistan. And I shouldn't be happy. But he was very happy. He was very thankful when I got him $700 billion, and then the following year, $716 billion.

"Syria was lost long ago. It was lost long ago. And besides that -- we're talking about sand and death. That's what we're talking about. We're not talking about, you know, vast wealth. We're talking about sand and death.

"I never said I'm getting out tomorrow. I said we're pulling our soldiers out, and they will be pulled back in Syria, and we're getting out of Syria. Yeah. Absolutely. But we're getting out very powerfully."

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3. On single-handedly defeating ISIS

ISIS fighters parade in the streets of Fallujah, Iraq in March 2014.AP

"I just back from Iraq. We had a fantastic meeting with the generals and the Syria situation. I mean, I'm the only person in the history of our country that could really decimate ISIS, say we're bringing the troops back home over a period of time. I never said so quickly, but over a period of time. But everybody gives me credit for decimating ISIS."

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4. Tom Cruise vs. Iran

In this picture taken on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008, Iranian Revolutionary Guards members march during a parade ceremony, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran.
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"When I became president, I had a meeting at the Pentagon with lots of generals. They were like from a movie. Better looking than Tom Cruise, and stronger.

"And I had more generals than I've ever seen, and we were at the bottom of this incredible room. And I said, 'This is the greatest room I've ever seen.' I saw more computer boards than I think that they make today. And every part of the Middle East, and other places that was under attack, was under attack because of Iran. And I said to myself, 'Wow.'"

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5. Why the Soviet Union collapsed

Seen in photo are Soviet soldiers of the 15th tank brigade which was awarded by the Afghan Defense Ministry with honorary pendant " For Military Heroism" January 18, 1980.
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BONUS: Trump would have made a good general

"So, Taliban is our enemy. ISIS is our enemy. We have an area that I brought up with our generals four or five weeks ago, where Taliban is here, ISIS is here, and they're fighting each other. I said, 'Why don't you let them fight?' Why are we getting in the middle of it? I said, 'Let them fight. They're both our enemies. Let them fight.' 'Sir, we want to do it.' They go in and they end up fighting both of them."It's the craziest thing I've ever seen. I think I would've been a good general, but who knows."